Northern Inner Distributor Road

The estimated cost of the scheme is £21 million and it is being grant funded by the Department for Transport, together with contributions from Somerset County Council, and adjacent relevant developers.

The NIDR will provide an additional east - west link, reducing congestion along Greenway Road, Priorswood Road, and the Rowbarton areas. It will also provide access to brown field development sites at Taunton West goods Yard, Taunton East Goods Yard and also the Firepool Area.

The Scheme involves:

Construction of a new bridge over the River Tone and the canal in the vicinity of Priory Fields Business Park

Replacement of the former rail bridge over Station Road to the north of Whitehall

Replacement of existing foot bridge over the railway at Chip Lane

Construction of approximately 1.6 km of new carriageway together with the realignment of a further 150 metres of carriageway

Construction of a new junction at the Chip Lane / Staplegrove Road junction